释义 |
Examples:gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands—(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—offer (esp. in cupped hands)—no time deal with so many things (idiom); to have one's hands full—have time on one's hands—surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind—as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers—lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands—more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth—many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength—bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)—hands dance and feet trip (idiom); dancing and gesticulating for joy—pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)—lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat—magical hands bring the dying back life (idiom); miracle cure—greet by raising clasped hands—carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due pressure on the median nerve)—encase in sth. cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)—hold sth. level with both hands—hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children—drinking game where one has guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand—lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); arrogance of the powerful—everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand—lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job—control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)—stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.—span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)—as easy as lifting one's hand (idiom); no effort at all—strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.—slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession—human hand foot and mouth disease, a viral infection—leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand—silk thread roll, steamed bun from Shandong province bun with hand-drawn dough threads folded over—genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand—raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint—hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine)—hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting)—hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)—lit. lift a hand or move a leg (idiom); very easy—lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods [idiom.]— |